RYBREVANT® (amivantamab-vmjw) plus LAZCLUZE™ (lazertinib) shows statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival versus osimertinib

RARITAN, N.J., January 7, 2025 – Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) today announced positive topline results for the gold standard endpoint in cancer treatment of overall survival (OS) from the Phase 3 MARIPOSA study, evaluating RYBREVANT® (amivantamab-vmjw) plus LAZCLUZE™ (lazertinib) as a first-line therapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions (ex19del) or L858R substitution mutations.

By |2025-01-08T13:59:40-05:00January 8th, 2025|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

U.S. FDA Approves Pfizer’s BRAFTOVI® Combination Regimen as First-Line Treatment of BRAF V600E-Mutant Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced results from the Phase 3 EMBER-3 study of imlunestrant, an investigational, oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), in patients with estrogen receptor positive (ER+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-) advanced breast cancer (ABC), whose disease progressed on a prior aromatase inhibitor (AI), with or without a CDK4/6 inhibitor. Imlunestrant demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) as monotherapy in patients with an ESR1 mutation versus standard of care endocrine therapy (SOC ET), reducing the risk of disease progression or death by 38%.

By |2024-12-23T11:31:45-05:00December 23rd, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

Lilly’s Imlunestrant, an Oral SERD, Significantly Improved Progression-Free Survival as Monotherapy and in Combination with Verzenio® (abemaciclib) in Patients with ER+, HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced results from the Phase 3 EMBER-3 study of imlunestrant, an investigational, oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), in patients with estrogen receptor positive (ER+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-) advanced breast cancer (ABC), whose disease progressed on a prior aromatase inhibitor (AI), with or without a CDK4/6 inhibitor. Imlunestrant demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) as monotherapy in patients with an ESR1 mutation versus standard of care endocrine therapy (SOC ET), reducing the risk of disease progression or death by 38%.

By |2024-12-18T07:13:46-05:00December 12th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Announces U.S. FDA Approval of Ziihera® (zanidatamab-hrii) for the Treatment of Adults with Previously Treated, Unresectable or Metastatic HER2-positive (IHC 3+) Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC)

DUBLIN, Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accelerated approval of Ziihera® (zanidatamab-hrii) 50mg/mL for injection for intravenous use for the treatment of adults with previously treated, unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive (IHC 3+) biliary tract cancer (BTC), as detected by an FDA-approved test.1 Ziihera was approved under accelerated approval based on a 52% objective response rate (ORR) and a median duration of response (DOR) of 14.9 months as determined by independent central review (ICR).

By |2024-12-18T07:13:46-05:00November 20th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves FoundationOne®Liquid CDx as a Companion Diagnostic for TEPMETKO® (tepotinib) to Identify Patients with MET Exon 14 Skipping Alterations in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

BOSTON – November 18, 2024 – Foundation Medicine, Inc. today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for FoundationOne®Liquid CDx to be used as a companion diagnostic for TEPMETKO® (tepotinib) developed by EMD Serono, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the U.S. and Canada.

By |2024-12-18T07:13:46-05:00November 18th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Announces Statistically Significant Overall Survival and Progression-Free Survival Results for Zepzelca® (lurbinectedin) and Atezolizumab Combination in First-Line Maintenance Therapy for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

DUBLIN, Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced positive top-line results from the Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating Zepzelca® (lurbinectedin) in combination with the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq®) compared to atezolizumab alone when administered as a maintenance treatment for adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) following induction therapy with carboplatin, etoposide and atezolizumab. The combination of Zepzelca and atezolizumab demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in the primary endpoints of overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS), as assessed by an independent review facility (IRF), compared to treatment with atezolizumab alone.

By |2024-12-18T07:13:46-05:00October 15th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves FoundationOne®Liquid CDx as a Companion Diagnostic for Itovebi™ (inavolisib) to Identify Patients with Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer with a PIK3CA Mutation

BOSTON – October 11, 2024 – Foundation Medicine, Inc. today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for FoundationOne®Liquid CDx to be used as a companion diagnostic for Itovebi™ (inavolisib) in combination with palbociclib (Ibrance®) and fulvestrant, a therapy developed by Genentech, a member of the Roche group, which has been contemporaneously approved for the treatment of adult patients with endocrine-resistant, PIK3CA-mutated, hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, as detected by an FDA-approved test, following recurrence on or after completing adjuvant endocrine therapy.

By |2024-12-18T07:13:46-05:00October 11th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

Press Release: Sarclisa approved in the US as the first anti-CD38 therapy in combination with standard-of-care treatment for adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma not eligible for transplant

PARIS, September 21, 2024. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Sarclisa (isatuximab) in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (VRd) as a first line treatment option for adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) who are not eligible for autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT).

By |2024-12-18T07:13:47-05:00September 23rd, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

RYBREVANT® (amivantamab-vmjw) plus standard of care approved in the U.S. as first and only targeted regimen to cut risk of disease progression by more than half in second-line EGFR-mutated advanced lung cancer

RARITAN, N.J., Sept. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved RYBREVANT® (amivantamab-vmjw) in combination with standard of care chemotherapy (carboplatin and pemetrexed) for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions (ex19del) or L858R substitution mutations, whose disease has progressed on or after treatment with an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI).1

By |2024-12-18T07:13:47-05:00September 20th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments

Foundation Medicine Partners with Syndax to Develop a Companion Diagnostic in Hematology and Support Efforts to Pursue Regulatory Approval for an Assay Based on the FoundationOne®Heme Platform

BOSTON – September 4, 2024 – Foundation Medicine, Inc. today announced a collaboration with Syndax Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SNDX) to develop a companion diagnostic for the identification of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients harboring an NPM1 mutation.

By |2024-12-18T07:13:47-05:00September 5th, 2024|Oncology Industry News|0 Comments